As the article linked to from that thread (and a further article linked to from the linked article - oh what a tangled web we weave ;) makes clear, the DVD and Blu-Ray sets were both available for full pre-order and were then taken back down to "sign up to be notified".

Currently the DVD's available for pre-order but the Blu-ray's down, seems to be bouncing around a bit at the moment.

Wiesengrund, in the UK there're a few "pay in advance" credit cards (like this one) where you buy credit on it over the counter in shops and can then use it online. There's no credit check or anything because you're obviously not actually being extended credit - if you have those in Austria it could solve your problem.

Well that was more about the release date and contents. An entry about the DVD being available for pre-ordering on Amazon is fine. And who knows, maybe pre-orders will influence the PTB in some shape or fashion.

At first I thought there was some official notice of cancellation that I missed. So my feelings of dread changed to disappointment when I read that the wacky, stand-alone episode (that people have compared to Restless) will not air live. I'll attempt to be a "glass is half full" guy and say this is better than it could be.

I wonder if this is a ploy by Fox to sell DVD sets or if all the executives have had their minds blown by the episodes' pure awesomeness. I assume it's the latter.

And who knows, maybe pre-orders will influence the PTB in some shape or fashion.

So you're saying Dollhouse [season 2] may get greenlit due to DVD sales ? OK, what have you done with the realSimon ?

And yep, though the previous article linked (in its first line) to an article that announced the DVD pre-order I totally agree it can't hurt to have a more direct link right on the front page. And anyway, even if I didn't agree it totally doesn't matter cos you da mod ;).

Sorry to start so much controversy - I just got my e-mail reminder from Amazon this morning before heading off to school, hadn't seen a specific announcement about this, and was excited at the opportunity to finally get a post under my belt. Speaking of which, thanks for adding tags; I was a little rushed at the time.

You started no controversy for me, Mercenary. A tip of my hat to you. All the posts I had seen earlier did not take me to a real order page on Amazon for the DVDs. I just ordered the thing for real. So, thanks to you.

As far as I saw in another post here on Whedonesque, it will have "Echo" as well.

Edit:Here's the link posted a few days ago. Looks like they've added to the page, and I haven't read all that because I'm incredibly spoiler-phobic. XD But it does say that both the DVD and the Blu-ray versions will include the unaired pilot.

"Echo" may be counted as a DVD extra rather than an actual episode. The link mentioned above from the previous thread which originally led (via another, more twisty turny route) to the DVD pre-order pages say that it does feature.